%0 Journal Article
%T Routine Immediate Eye Examination at the Point of Care for Diagnosis of AIDS-Related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Among Patients With a CD4 Count <100 in Myanmar
%A Adelene Hilbig
%A David Heiden
%A Jillian Murray
%A Kyi Pyar Soe
%A Win Le Shwe Sin Ei
%J Archive of "Open Forum Infectious Diseases".
%D 2019
%R 10.1093/ofid/ofz280
%X A retrospective review of diagnosis of cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) before and after introduction of routine immediate eye examination among AIDS patients in Myanmar with an absolute CD4 T-cell count <100 cells/¦ĚL demonstrated an increased detection of CMVR from 1.1% (14/1233) to 10.7% (65/608), an improvement of ~10-fold. Diagnosis of CMVR was achieved a mean of 2 days after clinic enrollment
%K AIDS-related opportunistic infections
%K CMV retinitis
%K early diagnosis of CMV retinitis
%K indirect ophthalmoscopy by nonophthalmologists
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6612804/